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138 sats \ 2 replies \ @kr 21 Feb \ on: History of Voter Turnout in USA as a Share of Total Population (1789-2020) charts_and_numbers
appreciate the historical markers in the description!
this chart will never cease to amaze me… basically all forms of physical gatherings have seen some level of disruption in the last few decades (movie theaters, shopping malls, youth sports, eating in restaurants), and yet somehow people are more willing than ever to get out and vote…
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1087 sats \ 1 reply \ @nullcount OP 21 Feb
Some younger voters have never been to a booth. Mail-in ballots are getting more popular:
https://fivethirtyeight.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/rakich-MAIL-PARTISAN-SPLIT-0201-1.png
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-absentee-voting-looked-like-in-all-50-states/
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kr 21 Feb
ahhhh that makes more sense to me
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